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1-5 “Overachieving”
When I drew numbers out of the empty yogurt container again this week, I drew 5-1, which I’ve already done, and it’s a delightful little recap, if I do say so myself. But…
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7-22 “Big Time Charlie”
I have a very warm spot in my heart for this episode. It sits toward the end of a weak season. Charlotte Rae was checked out; she’s not even in this episode and…
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8-21: “Younger than Springtime”
I have a new method for deciding which episode to recap. It’s deeply involved and goes to the depths of my soul. In order to prepare for it, I almost had to cut…
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5-4 “Just My Bill”
There are so many wonderful things about this episode. It addresses impostor syndrome and self-confidence, without letting anyone off the hook for shitty behavior. It contains a general message to enjoy people for…
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4-21 “Help From Home”
I started this blog when I was about to go to law school, and really made it a thing in part because of a need to interrupt the demands of law school with…
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3-4 “A Friend Indeed”
It seems to be an average Saturday morning in the cafeteria, where everyone mocks Jo because she’s been mopping the same spot on the floor for fifteen minutes. She has a job interview…
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4-8 “Daddy’s Girl”
“There’s a Facts of Life episode about that.” That’s a phrase I say a lot, because there always is. This week, the news broke that the president’s fortune was in fact not self-made but rather…
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2-12 “The Secret”
In which we discover for the first time where exactly Jo’s father went when he “left home.” Recently, I got a comment suggesting that we accept Jo’s reformation and stop pigeonholing her as…
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1-2 “Like Mother Like Daughter”
I’ve been working on a post tracking the decor of the girls’ bedroom at Eastland in seasons two through four. It’s fun (and remarkably consistent!), but it does take a while. Realizing that…
